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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-create
entityname: Business Workflow
description: "This documentation outlines the process for establishing a new business workflow within the system"
---

# Create Business Workflow

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## Overview

This operation is used to create a **Business Workflow**.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Business Workflow** does not currently exist in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

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### Step 1: Change Set

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![Screenshot showing a business workflow creation step with "Create Business Phrase" label.](images/business_workflow_create_step_one.png)

### Step 2: General Data

1. Provide a name for the **Business Workflow**.
2. Optionally, provide a description of the **Business Workflow**.
3. Select a Folder for the **Business Workflow**.
4. Select the Type for the **Business Workflow**:
    * **Business Workflow Event** - the workflow runs automatically whenever the selected **Business Event** occurs.
    * **Standalone** - the workflow runs on demand instead of reacting to an event, and defines its own Inputs and Outputs so it can be started elsewhere, for example from a dashboard, a button on a UI Page, or another GUI command.
5. If the Type is **Business Workflow Event**, select the **Business Event** to which the Business Workflow should respond to.
6. If the Type is **Standalone**, continue to Step 3 to define its Inputs and Outputs. Otherwise, select **Create** to finish the process.

![Screenshot showing a business workflow creation step with fields labeled "eevee" and "4".](images/business_workflow_create_step_two.png)

### Step 3: Inputs

This step only applies when the Type is **Standalone**.

For each input the **Standalone Business Workflow** should accept when executed, select the add action and provide:

* **Name** - identifier used to reference the input; must begin with a letter and cannot contain whitespace.
* **Display Name** - optional, human-readable label.
* **Data Type** - the input's data type.
* **Default Value** - optional value used when the input is not provided at execution time.
* **Required** - whether the input must be provided at execution time.

### Step 4: Outputs

This step only applies when the Type is **Standalone**.

For each value the **Standalone Business Workflow** should return, select the add action and provide a **Name**, an optional **Display Name**, and a **Data Type**.

Select **Create** to finish the process.